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March 02, 2013

This Day In Hockey History: March 2nd

1929 - George Hainsworth became the first NHL goaltender to record 20 shutouts in one season. The Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Boston Bruins 3-0.

1966 - Montreal's Jean Beliveau scored his 380th career NHL goal in 3-3 tie with Toronto. The 380 career goals moved him ahead of Ted Lindsay into the #3 spot all time, behind Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard.

1969 - Boston's Phil Esposito scored twice to become the first player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season. The Bruins defeat Pittsburgh 4-0.

1972 - Boston's Bobby Orr became just the second player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season three times in his career. He had one assist in a 7-3 win over the Canucks in Boston.

1993 - Teemu Selanne scored 3 goals to break the NHL record for goals by a rookie, as Winnipeg lost to Quebec 7-4. Selanne's 54th of the season broke the record set by Mike Bossy with the Islanders in 1977-78.

1993 - Mario Lemieux returned to the Penguins lineup in Philadelphia after missing the previous 23 games after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.

1995 - Joe Mullen became the second NHL player to play 300 games with three different teams, when he picked up a goal and an assist in his 300th game with the Penguins, a 6-3 loss at Buffalo. Bill Gadsby had been the first to play 300 games with 3 teams.

1995 - Paul Coffey picked up three assists to give him 1,300 career NHL points. Coffey became the first defenseman (and 12th NHL player) to score 1,300 points.

2000 - Vancouver's Mark Messier became just the fourth player in NHL history to score 1,700 career points, when he scored a goal in a 3-1 win over the visiting Anaheim Mighty Ducks.

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